An issue that comes up in this book is fairness. Throughout the book Christopher's dad keeps holding secrets against him but I don't believe that it's fair.
In the book Christopher's dad told him that his mother died of a heart attack, but he finds out that he was lying to him. Now, strait out I would completely say that messed up and it's completely unfair. He deserves to know if his own mother is dead or not. I mean the only reason his dad kept it from him is because of his personal reasons, but why should Christopher have to suffer for his dad's problems?
In the real world, fairness can go from who gets to play Mario cart first, to secrets of death. In some ways I think if something really horrible has happened, the truth is not always the best thing to say. So maybe it is fair. Maybe the person is trying to protect them. But I still think to keep something from someone for PERSONAL reasons is completely unfair. It's your issues, so why should your sorrow keep something important from someone.
In the book Christopher's mother doesn't even know that Christopher thinks she's dead. So I think it's unfair to her too. After writing all those letters to Christopher with no response can really hurt. But still their relationship is at stake because his dad doesn't love her anymore. Why did he do it? Not really to protect him cause he has nothing to protect him from. Maybe to protect himself. To protect himself from loneliness. He knew that if Christopher knew his mother was alive he would go find her. But still, no matter what reason, he shouldn't have kept that secret. It just isn't fair. Death is nothing to lie about. When you say someone died, your saying that they aren't on the face of the earth anymore. That's pretty deep. So if his mother was alive, he should know it.
For now my conclusion is that sometimes it's fair to keep secrets, but not for your own personal reasons. Sometimes the truth can be hurtful, but it's better than ignorance. Christopher might have wanted to see his mother. His dad never thought about that, which I think was pretty selfish. He tried to do it for a good cause but it just wasn't fair.
In the real world, fairness can go from who gets to play Mario cart first, to secrets of death. In some ways I think if something really horrible has happened, the truth is not always the best thing to say. So maybe it is fair. Maybe the person is trying to protect them. But I still think to keep something from someone for PERSONAL reasons is completely unfair. It's your issues, so why should your sorrow keep something important from someone.
In the book Christopher's mother doesn't even know that Christopher thinks she's dead. So I think it's unfair to her too. After writing all those letters to Christopher with no response can really hurt. But still their relationship is at stake because his dad doesn't love her anymore. Why did he do it? Not really to protect him cause he has nothing to protect him from. Maybe to protect himself. To protect himself from loneliness. He knew that if Christopher knew his mother was alive he would go find her. But still, no matter what reason, he shouldn't have kept that secret. It just isn't fair. Death is nothing to lie about. When you say someone died, your saying that they aren't on the face of the earth anymore. That's pretty deep. So if his mother was alive, he should know it.
For now my conclusion is that sometimes it's fair to keep secrets, but not for your own personal reasons. Sometimes the truth can be hurtful, but it's better than ignorance. Christopher might have wanted to see his mother. His dad never thought about that, which I think was pretty selfish. He tried to do it for a good cause but it just wasn't fair.
I tried changing the font. and it worked but now its stuck at the old font again, so yeah next time it might be hard to read again
ReplyDeleteYa I have also been having some trouble with my font but anyway I totally agree with this blog about Fairness. I think everyone has the right to be treated the same and you last paragraph was really good to sum it all up, I liked how you went into and out of the book all in one short paragraph like that.
ReplyDeleteBut I think you could have asked some more questions relating to the world instead of only your book so that everyone can have a better time thinking about their own lives.
I agree with the idea of equality/fairness because everyone in the world has rights and they should be treated just like everyone else. I like how you compared the book to real life, but its strange how my blog post had a similar idea. That's a coincidence, but anyways great job with he blog.
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